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Student Services Manual (SSM)

Effective: 4/1/1981

Revised: 3/1/2007

SSM 301–01: Financial
Aid Eligibility

Purpose

To outline the criteria that determine whether or not a student
is eligible to receive dollars from the need-based and
non-need-based federal financial aid programs (e.g., the Federal
Work-Study Program)

Sources

Policy

is admitted as a degree-seeking student to a qualified
undergraduate, postbaccalaureate, graduate, or eligible certificate
program

is a U.S. citizen or a national or other eligible
non-citizen

is making satisfactory academic progress in a chosen course of
study

is not in default on any federal loan

does not owe a refund/repayment to any federal student
financial assistance program

has a high-school diploma or a General Education Development
(GED) certificate, or passes a test approved by the U.S. Department
of Education

has completed the documentation necessary to satisfy the
program requirements

has an enrollment status that allows for financial aid
disbursement

is registered for the Selective Service Administration, if
required by law

has a valid social security number (except residents of the
Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands,
or the Republic of Palau)

does not have property subject to a judgment lien for a debt
owed to the United States

and

has not been convicted of any offense involving the sale or
possession of a controlled substance. (The loss and duration of
ineligibility depends on the number of convictions and the date of
the conviction[s].)

Additional specific program requirements may apply and can be
reviewed in 34 Code of Federal Regulations § 668.32.
All requirements are reviewed by Financial Aid and Scholarship Services prior to the awarding and/or disbursing of federal
assistance.